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Hereis a projectthatshouldbe constructedby thosewithno patiencefor
Onlyonecomponent
building.
electronics is usedto builda completewire-
lesstransmitter!
wayto generate
Ofcourse,thisis thesimplest lt is a CW(con-
radiosignals.
tlnuouswave)transmitterand is powerfulenoughto plunkdowna signal
anywhereon the550kHzto 7 MHzband.
Thefundamental
frequency
dependsuponpowersupplyvoltageandis inthe
rangebetween reaching
100kHzand1 MHz,buttherearestrongharmonics
upto 7 MHz.
Figure/ showstheschematic diagram Asyoucan
ofthissimpletramsmitter.
see,we haveonlyonecomponent: a 4049CMOSlC thatis formedby six
ln thisprojectonlyfiveinverters
inverters. areused.
Thecircuitis powered
fromAAcellsor batteryandcurrentdrainis verylow.
projectyoucan placethe lC on a universal
As an experimental solderless
board.Theantennais a singlewire2 to 5 feetlong.
A commonAM (mediumwaveor shortwave)receiveris placednearthe
upto somefeetaway.
A signalcanbetunedin fromdistances
transmitter.
showninFigure2.
Therearetwowaysto tunethetransmitter,
Inthefirstcase,asthefrequency wechangethepower
isvoltage-dependent,
supplyvoltage. Usea 12voltpowersupplyandadjustthevoltagein the lC
withP1.Inthesecondcase,we includea variable in thefeedback
capacitor
loopto alterthefrequency.
PartsList - One-Component
Transmitter
lC - 4069or 4049CMOSintegratedcircuit(onlythis!)

(Anda powersupply,of course)

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Tolearnmoreaboutthe circuitanddwice:
o Explainhowradiosignalsaregenerated
andWhywedon'tneeda
tunedcircuit.
o Whyshouldan evennumberof gatesbe usedin thiscircuit?Will
an oddnumberwork?
o Whycanyoutuneinthesignalson morethanonepointof thedial?
Scienceprojects:
o Sendtelegraphsignalsthrougrh a wallusingthiscircuitastransmit-
ter andan AM radioas receiver.
o Explainhowcomputercircuitscangonerateradiosignals(noise),
usingthiscircuitas an example.

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